Horizontal anticompetitive cooperation

Here you will find the decisions and judgments from the Patent and Market Court and the Patent and Market Court of Appeal in competition cases as well as the decisions or summons applications made by the Swedish Competition Authority before the case went to court. You will also find information on decisions on injunctions, fine orders and commitments, as well as decisions to close a case in selected cases of a wider interest. The summaries in English cover cases concluded from 2012 onwards. Summaries of older cases are available in Swedish.

18/12/2014(Ref. 848/2014)Claim of almost SEK 35 million in administrative fines for anti-competitive cooperation in conjunction with the City of Gothenburg’s procurement of data communication services in 2009.

2016-12-21(PMT 17299-14)The Patent and Market Court confirmed the Swedish Competition Authority's allegations and ordered the companies to pay SEK 16 million in penalties/ administrative fines. One of the adversaries appealed the ruling.

25/03/2013(Ref. 483/2013)Claim of a total of almost SEK 41 million in administrative fines for illegal cooperation in connection to the procurement of clinical physiology and clinical neurophysiology services.

03/12/2014(Ref. 174/2012)Commitment to end certain cooperation on sales of advertising time in radio in particular transmission areas, subject to conditional fines of SEK 20 million for SBS Radio and SEK 15 million for NRJ.

Svenska Hockeyligan AB

20/09/2012(Ref. 501/2012)The Authority decided on an interim injunction on SHL applying a decision that its owner clubs could not sign short-term contracts with players from the NHL during a lock-out- The Authority closed the case after the NHL began playing again on 19 January 2013.

18/12/2012(MD A 2/12)SHL appealed the Authority’s decision on an interim injunction. The Market Court set aside the Authority’s decision.

Rationella Kontors Varuinköp AB (RKV)

18/06/2012(Ref. 607/2011)Commitment from RKV not to provide prices produced within the RKV chain in product catalogues etc. Commitment under penalty of a conditional fine of SEK 1 million.

24/11/2010(Ref. 605/2010) Claim of administrative fines of a total of SEK 9 million.

21/01/2014(T18896-10) Upheld the Authority’s action in all material respects and confirmed administrative fines of a total of SEK 2.5 million.

17/10/2011(T 18896-10) Intermediate judgment: District Court established that the Authority’s action for administrative fines against Däckia was not prescribed.

22/08/1012(MD 2012:9)The Market Court confirmed the District Court’s intermediate judgment. The case could continue to be heard in the District Court.

Svenska Bilsportsförbundet (SBF)

13/05/2011(Ref. 709/2009)Order, under penalty of a conditional fine of SEK 1 million, to change certain terms in the Swedish Motorsport Federation’s rules which prevented licensed drivers and volunteers from participating in contests other than those arranged by the Federation’s members. SBF appealed the order to the Market Court.

28/06/2011The Market Court rejected the Federation’s claim of an injunction against the Authority’s decision.

20/12/2012(MD 2012:16)The Market Court confirmed the Authority’s decision and ordered the Swedish Motorsport Federation, under penalty of a conditional fine of SEK 1 million, not to apply sections G 7.1 and 7.2 of its rules.

Scandorama AB and Ölvemarks Holiday AB

08/12/2010(Ref. 645/2010)Claim of administrative fines of a total of SEK 13 million, adjusted to SEK 19 million.

24/02/2012(T 19974-10)Upheld the Authority’s action in all material respects and established administrative fines of a total of SEK 11 million.